Helpless (from "The Hamilton Mixtape")

[Ja Rule:]
Yeah
I like the way I came in
Rule
Ashanti
Lin

[Ashanti:]
Baby, I'm helpless
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless, baby
Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em

I ain't ever been the type to try and grab the spotlight
We were at the revel with some rebels on a hot night
Laughing at my sister as she dazzling the room
Then you walked in and my heart said
Trying to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
Everybody's dancing and the bass top volume
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
Saying to myself, "Baby, this one's mine."

Shorty made her way across the room to you
And I got nervous, thinking "What's she gonna do?"
She grabbed you by the arm, I'm thinking "I'm through"
Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm

Helpless, yeah
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless, baby
Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em

Helpless, yeah
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless, baby
Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em

One week later, I'm writing a letter nightly
Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me
Laughing at this girl, 'cause she wants to form a harem
Naw, I ain't sharing
Two weeks later, in the living room stressing
My father's stone-faced while you're asking for his blessing
I'm dying inside, as you wine and dine
And I'm trying not to cry
'Cause there's nothing that your mind can't do

My father makes his way across the room to you
I panic for a second, thinking "we're through"
But then he shakes your hand and says "be true"
And you turn back to me, smiling, and I'm

Helpless, yeah
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless, baby
Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em
Helpless, yeah
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless, (so helpless) baby
Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em

[Ja Rule + Ashanti:]
Ashanti, I ain't got a dollar to my name
An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame
All I have's my honor, a tolerance for pain
A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me
No stress, my love for you is never in doubt
We'll get a little place in Queens and we'll figure it out
I've been living without my family since I was a child
My father died, my mama cried, I grew up buckwild
But I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real
And long as I'm alive, Ashanti, swear to God
You'll never feel so... (Baby, I'm...)

[Ashanti & Ja Rule:]
Helpless, yeah
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless, baby
Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em
Helpless, yeah (I'm so helpless)
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm
(Cause you know that I'm)
Helpless, baby
Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em
Baby I'm
Yeah
Mm, so into you
So into you
Hahaha